AC9S2U01 Year 2 Science

Content descriptor recognise Earth is a planet in the solar system and identify patterns in the changing position of the sun, moon, planets and stars in the sky

Elaborations

• • Elaboration identifying celestial objects that can be observed in space such as the sun, moon, stars and planets
• • Elaboration viewing images or video of Earth from space, describing the shape of Earth and discussing how the images or video were taken
• • Elaboration exploring representations of the solar system and identifying Earth and other planets
• • Elaboration observing that some phenomena in the sky are only visible during the day and others during the night
• • Elaboration investigating how shadow length changes with the changing position of the sun, identifying patterns and making predictions
• • Elaboration creating a class moon diary across a month, identifying patterns in the changing shape of the moon and making predictions
• • Elaboration viewing a time lapse video of the sun, moon, stars or a satellite’s movement across the sky

Show 3 more elaborations

• • Elaboration observing and describing short-term and longer-term patterns of events that occur in the sky, such as the appearance of the moon and stars at different times of the month or year
• • Elaboration distinguishing between regular events that occur in the sky, such as the appearance of a full moon, and irregular events such as ‘blue’, ‘blood’ or ‘super’ moons
• • Elaboration exploring how cultural stories of First Nations Peoples of Australia describe the patterns in the changing positions of the sun, moon and stars